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The Law Library of Congress will mark the 400th anniversary of The Mayflower Compact, the agreement by which settlers at New Plymouth, calling themselves Pilgrims, formed a new civil body politic in America –"The treaty that made Thanksgiving."

The Two Georges

Coming 2021

In a major planned joint exhibition, the Library of Congress and British Royal Archives will explore the overlapping yet distinct worlds of King George III (1738-1820) of England and George Washington (1732-1799).

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